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After that big feedback post about disabled and neurodiverse community members a few weeks ago, I figure we’d have immediately defederated from instances with clearly ableist names.
See: crazypeople.online
i thought that was self- referential. i’m not going to tell [people what to reclaim or not, but if their thing is posting people to shit on i’d think we would’ve never been federated in the first place
Have you seen a lot of posts from there? I haven’t been around for a hot minute, but I know things have been a little hectic recently.
How exactly is that ablist? I feel it is but I don’t know why.
I suppose most people don’t ask to be a person people call crazy. I’ve known and loved people who couldn’t help but need a visit to a mental hospital sometimes. And people who visit institutions for things they can’t help get called crazy, which is such a stigmatizing and watering down of the complexity of any person.